- The common-law wife of an accused terrorist in Edmonton, Canada, speaks out after his arrest. More here.
- The Los Angeles Times reports that Muslim and Jewish women grow close at monthly meetings about spirituality.
- The Women’s Legal Centre in South Africa welcomed the draft of the Muslim Marriages Bill as a way forward for Muslim women and their rights.
- A driver’s license mix-up provides The Daily Mail fodder on a slow news day.
- Indonesia’s Center for Education and Information on Islam and Women’s Rights Issues (Rahima) is working to educate Muslim women about gender perspectives, sexual and reproductive health, and Islam.
- The Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria has appealed to all Muslim women, especially those in purdah, to make the most of the extension of the voter registration period.
- The Borneo Post examines how one woman’s successful business is shaped by songs and drama.
- Maryam Keshavarz’s Circumstance wins Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. More here and here.
- The Atlantic writes about why the picture of an older woman kissing an Egyptian soldier is a truly revolutionary act.
- A court in Brussels has acquitted a Muslim woman who was taken to court for wearing the niqab.
- Forbes looks at Egyptian women on the front lines of the protests. More from The Huffington Post. Jezebel looks at Mona Eltahawy as the talking head of the Egyptian protests.
- openDemocracy looks at the question of how to advance the family law rights of women in Britain’s Muslim communities.
- A text message accidentally detonated a female suicide bomber who was planning to kill herself and others in Red Square. Allah is the best of planners.
- Four people have been arrested in Bangladesh after the death of a 14-year-old girl who was given 100 lashes on the orders of a village cleric.
- Muslim women in Jos, Nigeria, have appealed to warring factions in the state to to stop the killing.
- A governor in Uttarakhand, India, tells young Muslim girls to “be a catalyst for change and instruments of women’s liberation.”
If we missed any news about Muslim women from this week, feel free to leave links in the comments!